Threats specifically aimed at gamers are an ongoing problem, but increasing as gaming grows. According to the company "...a recent Nielsen study found that in June of this year, computer users spent more time playing games online (10.2%) than checking email (8.3%)."

AVAST lists these as the most infected gaming sites for September:

Gamefactoryinteractive.com

Games-digest.com

Mariogamesplay.com

anywhere-games.com

galacticflashgames.com

towerofdefense.com

The avast! Virus Lab confirmed infections as of October 6, 2010.

Many gamers disable their antivirus in order to get the most out of their CPU during the game. This is a really bad idea. Don't assume you're safe at such times.